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The Gift of Anger
Under Joe Solmoneseâs leadership, the Human Rights Campaign became the model other organizations look toward to create effective social and political change. Against daunting odds, HRC was instrumental in passing landmark national legislation such as the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act; repealing âDonât Ask, Donât Tellâ; and passing marriage equality acts in eight states. How did Solmonese and HRC do it?
What Solmonese reveals in this book is that for him, the key to success was learning to harness his anger. Essentially itâs just a form of energy. Channeled, it can keep you moving forward on a long journey. But uncontrolled, it can blow everything up.
With this as his guiding principle, Solmonese uses stories from his work with HRC and his previous position as CEO of the powerful womenâs organization EMILYâs List to share a series of often-surprising lessons. For example, empathize with your enemies instead of shaming them, find allies wherever you can, and ask for the doable, not the impossible (even when the âimpossibleâ is your ultimate goal). Most striking in this book are the stories of Solmoneseâs ability to draw some kind of winâhowever smallâfrom seeming adversaries.
But at every step of the way he emphasizes the importance of managing the yin-yang tension of anger. Particularly when one is dealing with irrational and offensive attitudes, the temptation is ever present to give in to righteous indignation. While itâs fine to feel it, Solmoneseâs advice is to always be strategic with your outrage.
What Solmonese reveals in this book is that for him, the key to success was learning to harness his anger. Essentially itâs just a form of energy. Channeled, it can keep you moving forward on a long journey. But uncontrolled, it can blow everything up.
With this as his guiding principle, Solmonese uses stories from his work with HRC and his previous position as CEO of the powerful womenâs organization EMILYâs List to share a series of often-surprising lessons. For example, empathize with your enemies instead of shaming them, find allies wherever you can, and ask for the doable, not the impossible (even when the âimpossibleâ is your ultimate goal). Most striking in this book are the stories of Solmoneseâs ability to draw some kind of winâhowever smallâfrom seeming adversaries.
But at every step of the way he emphasizes the importance of managing the yin-yang tension of anger. Particularly when one is dealing with irrational and offensive attitudes, the temptation is ever present to give in to righteous indignation. While itâs fine to feel it, Solmoneseâs advice is to always be strategic with your outrage.
Under Joe Solmoneseâs leadership, the Human Rights Campaign became the model other organizations look toward to create effective social and political change. Against daunting odds, HRC was instrumental in passing landmark national legislation such as the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act; repealing âDonât Ask, Donât Tellâ; and passing marriage equality acts in eight states. How did Solmonese and HRC do it?
What Solmonese reveals in this book is that for him, the key to success was learning to harness his anger. Essentially itâs just a form of energy. Channeled, it can keep you moving forward on a long journey. But uncontrolled, it can blow everything up.
With this as his guiding principle, Solmonese uses stories from his work with HRC and his previous position as CEO of the powerful womenâs organization EMILYâs List to share a series of often-surprising lessons. For example, empathize with your enemies instead of shaming them, find allies wherever you can, and ask for the doable, not the impossible (even when the âimpossibleâ is your ultimate goal). Most striking in this book are the stories of Solmoneseâs ability to draw some kind of winâhowever smallâfrom seeming adversaries.
But at every step of the way he emphasizes the importance of managing the yin-yang tension of anger. Particularly when one is dealing with irrational and offensive attitudes, the temptation is ever present to give in to righteous indignation. While itâs fine to feel it, Solmoneseâs advice is to always be strategic with your outrage.
What Solmonese reveals in this book is that for him, the key to success was learning to harness his anger. Essentially itâs just a form of energy. Channeled, it can keep you moving forward on a long journey. But uncontrolled, it can blow everything up.
With this as his guiding principle, Solmonese uses stories from his work with HRC and his previous position as CEO of the powerful womenâs organization EMILYâs List to share a series of often-surprising lessons. For example, empathize with your enemies instead of shaming them, find allies wherever you can, and ask for the doable, not the impossible (even when the âimpossibleâ is your ultimate goal). Most striking in this book are the stories of Solmoneseâs ability to draw some kind of winâhowever smallâfrom seeming adversaries.
But at every step of the way he emphasizes the importance of managing the yin-yang tension of anger. Particularly when one is dealing with irrational and offensive attitudes, the temptation is ever present to give in to righteous indignation. While itâs fine to feel it, Solmoneseâs advice is to always be strategic with your outrage.
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Under Joe Solmoneseâs leadership, the Human Rights Campaign became the model other organizations look toward to create effective social and political change. Against daunting odds, HRC was instrumental in passing landmark national legislation such as the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act; repealing âDonât Ask, Donât Tellâ; and passing marriage equality acts in eight states. How did Solmonese and HRC do it?
What Solmonese reveals in this book is that for him, the key to success was learning to harness his anger. Essentially itâs just a form of energy. Channeled, it can keep you moving forward on a long journey. But uncontrolled, it can blow everything up.
With this as his guiding principle, Solmonese uses stories from his work with HRC and his previous position as CEO of the powerful womenâs organization EMILYâs List to share a series of often-surprising lessons. For example, empathize with your enemies instead of shaming them, find allies wherever you can, and ask for the doable, not the impossible (even when the âimpossibleâ is your ultimate goal). Most striking in this book are the stories of Solmoneseâs ability to draw some kind of winâhowever smallâfrom seeming adversaries.
But at every step of the way he emphasizes the importance of managing the yin-yang tension of anger. Particularly when one is dealing with irrational and offensive attitudes, the temptation is ever present to give in to righteous indignation. While itâs fine to feel it, Solmoneseâs advice is to always be strategic with your outrage.
What Solmonese reveals in this book is that for him, the key to success was learning to harness his anger. Essentially itâs just a form of energy. Channeled, it can keep you moving forward on a long journey. But uncontrolled, it can blow everything up.
With this as his guiding principle, Solmonese uses stories from his work with HRC and his previous position as CEO of the powerful womenâs organization EMILYâs List to share a series of often-surprising lessons. For example, empathize with your enemies instead of shaming them, find allies wherever you can, and ask for the doable, not the impossible (even when the âimpossibleâ is your ultimate goal). Most striking in this book are the stories of Solmoneseâs ability to draw some kind of winâhowever smallâfrom seeming adversaries.
But at every step of the way he emphasizes the importance of managing the yin-yang tension of anger. Particularly when one is dealing with irrational and offensive attitudes, the temptation is ever present to give in to righteous indignation. While itâs fine to feel it, Solmoneseâs advice is to always be strategic with your outrage.
